Azhar Islam
2635 20 AVE NW Edmonton. Canada, T6T 0Y7
Cell: 780 972 4953 Email: [email protected]
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Objective: Looking for a Planner Scheduler Role in an esteemed organization to utilize knowledge, experience and skills with opportunities for professional growth in Project Controls.
Profile:
• Expert in Primavera and Excel, to produce regular and ad-hoc reporting in support of project planning.
• Planed, developed, maintained, updated, scheduled Plans
• Developed What-if Scenarios , presented to PMT for review, incorporated their review comments and approvals in the live schedule to show the time impact / slippage if any
• Developed and maintained Pivot tables for data comparisons
• Familiar with Schedule variance and cost variance earned Value
• Analyzed project schedule Log and solved the error messages
• Excellent Analytical ability, summarizing results and produced management reports.
• Ability to identify problems and develop creative solutions.
• Experience with maintaining project plans
• Strong professional, oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work effectively both as a member of a team and independently.
• Demonstrates initiative and brings forward ideas which support team objectives.
• Excellent communications and leadership, skills
• Updating / Scheduling Plans, S-Curves, Histograms, Schedule / Look Ahead reports
• Excellent, Effective, and a Proactive team worker in sharing, collecting, exploring technical Aspects.
• Well conversant with Work Packages Activity Codes, Developed WBS, dictionaries and its implementation to the last execution Level.
• Excellent Coordination with Engineering and PMT
• Worked with the Project Managers, Engineers and others to develop and maintain project schedules.
• Professional, dedicated with good exposure to field engineering, drawings
• Proactive approach, eager to learn new technologies, also an effective team player
Computer Skills
• Excellent software skills and well proficient in the use of PC
• In-depth knowledge of MS Excel , Primavera 3.0 / 6.0 / 7.0/8.2 , MS Excel MS Outlook, Lotus Notes.
• Maximo V7.1
Professional Experience:
Dec2015 – to date Worley Parsons Canada Sarnia ON. Senior Scheduler
Client Nova Chemicals
Project: Poly Ethylene AST2
• Maintained and updated the master Integrated schedule of Poly ethylene plan (EDS) and detailed Engineering Phase.
• Developed what if scenarios for PMT, and incorporated in live schedule.
• Developed the Resource Loaded commissioning Schedule for funding approval.
• Monthly Progress updates in Primavera for EDS and detailed engineering Master schedule
• Populated the dashboard by monthly executive reports
• Developed pivot tables for data sorting / processing / verification.
• Imported and data validation of Progress update and man hours in Primavera.
• Developed different Layouts/filters for reports.
Jun2015 – Nov 2015 NA Refinery St. John’s Newfoundland TA Planner Scheduler
• Developed WBS, Planned, Scheduled for Turnaround work Packages Downloaded/Importing the planning data from Maximo in Primavera ,and Planned / scheduled while working closely with Discipline leads and field supervisors
• Prepared Turnaround Work Packages for Field execution team.
• Exported work plans from Maximo and Imported work Plans in Primavera p6 using developed Excel work books, verified data , worked closely with supervisors for developing the hard logic for execution.
• Coordinated with Process, Inspection and safety for their job plans against work orders
• Loaded Man Hours in each Work orders.
Sep 11- Jun15 Worley Parsons Canada Edmonton AB Scheduler-Planner
Project: Canada – Fort Hills oil Sands (Suncor)
Phase: Engineering Design Specifications Fort Hills
Scheduler / Planner responsible for EDS Engineering and Procurement Schedule
• Attended meetings and provided progress updates.
• Updated EDS schedule on a bi-weekly basis, produced progress update reports for Dashboard
• Loaded Budgeted Man hour and Maintained Current Actual Man hours in P6
• Worked closely with Project Engineers and Leads for developing “What-if” schedules
• Incorporated Approved “What-if” scenarios in the Current EDS Schedule.
• Maintained EDS Level-1 schedule and Project Milestones Schedule
Phase: Detailed Engineering Fort Hills
Responsible for Detailed Engineering, Level 3 Engineering and Procurement Schedules
• Assisted Lead in Project main WBS, and lower level WBS.
• Updated Detailed Engineering schedule and Project milestones in the D.E. L3 Schedule
• Worked with Leads/Area Managers to plan & schedule new EWPs/MRs in live schedule
• Maintained DE Level-1 schedule
• Developed dictionary for EWPs/ MRs and assigned to deliverables in P6
• Incorporated validated items in the EWPs List to Primavera.
• Analyzed reports for anomalies and worked for solutions
• Developed and maintained the layouts/filters for different management reports
• Maintained, populated and published dashboard schedule updates
• Maintained Schedule Deviation Report for analysis and follow up of the variances with concerned Leads
• Prepared project file for risk analysis, cleaned schedule log errors and ran global changes for current project risk analysis.
• Maintained Pivot Tables for Deliverables Status / Data validation
Phase: Major Items Site Delivery Schedule
• Developed Site Delivery Schedule, get approved Baseline and Maintained the schedule on weekly basis
• Developed and maintained Pivot table in Excel for Data comparison (Primavera P6 and Expediting Report) and produced PMT reports
• Developed and maintained the Schedule Variance Report on weekly basis
Jan 2011- Sep2011 KBR Canada Turnaround Scheduler- Planner
• Assisted Development of Plan
• Updated and Scheduled shutdown Plans on Daily basis
• Data exported from P6 to Excel spreadsheets for Progress
• Updated/ Maintained / Progress Tracker Spreadsheets.
• Developed and updated the S-Curves in Excel.
• Developed / Managed Look Ahead Schedules Layouts, Filters to meet daily requirements
Jul 2008- Jan 2011 National Refinery Karachi Turnaround Planning Engineer
• Assisted Plan Development and maintained / Scheduled refinery Turnaround Plans
• WBS development, addition of new Scope Changes, verification of scope.
• Updated Progress on daily basis , Developed and Issued Look Ahead Schedules
• Coordinated with the Maintenance / Shutdown Team for Progress
Jan 2007- Jun 2008 KBR Canada Edmonton Planner /Scheduler
• Updated, scheduled Plan for Modules fabrication at mod yard, updated schedule and Progress Reports on weekly basis.
• Developed and Maintained progress Reports and S-Curves
• Developed and Maintained the Actual Man Power Histogram
• Developed and Maintained the Commodity Summary
• Developed and maintained different layouts/filters for different reports
• Developed What-if Scenarios and incorporated in the live schedule.
• Developed Modules Fabrication schedule in coordination with Lead Planner
• Arranged, Developed a system to link, update Project technical documents,
• Developed , maintained Schedule Reports Dashboard for Management on Biweekly Basis
Sep2002 - Dec2006 Allied Engineering Lahore Project Engineer
• Maintained and updated schedules using Primavera Project Planner P3
• Prepared and coordinated all types of project schedules, weekly and monthly reports
• Developed and maintained weekly progress reports and curves, commodities reports and curves on weekly basis
• Worked with Project Manager in reviewing and maintaining project progress.
• Coordinated with disciplines including Fabrication, Module Assembly, Electrical, Safety and Quality to plan and schedule the project activities.
• Developed multi axis curves for monthly and cumulative cost analysis.
• Planned and scheduled module fabrication and other disciplines activities.
• Planned and scheduled Fabrication of pipes and spools according to production resources and monitored and projected manpower requirements to achieve the required deadlines.
• Planning/Scheduling of fabrication, installations, erection and pre-commissioning.
• Coordinated regarding planning, execution, and material procurement.
• Project included power plant modules including Fuel heating, Centrifuge Cleaning, Water treatment plant, Cooling tower skid, Dry air module, Instrument air skid, Boiler module
Jun1998 - Aug2002 Novex Pharma Canada Facilities Project Engineer
• Maintained, updated the Maintenance Schedule.
• Worked closely with the Material department to arrange for Maintenance Inventory.
• Responsible for the BMS (Building Monitoring System) using state of the art PLC’s, centrally controlled by SCADA based software.
• Resp. for the BMS Data backup, Data retrieval, Data trending, configuring environmental parameters in BMS software.
• Developed and Maintained Critical Alarms Curves
• Coordination with consultants for BMS software and hardware troubleshooting.
• Developed and implemented an engineering guideline for critical Alarm sorting which
saved man-hours and resources.
• Relocation of Microbiology Lab, Installation of Terminal Sterilizer, Mixer / tablet making machine, Installation of Helical pressure gauges for monitoring Clean Room’s Air Pressure.
• Worked closely with quality assurance department for critical Alarm investigations.
• Maintained and improved all Security and Building monitoring Systems
Jun1996- May1998 Wartsilla Diesel Pakistan Project Engineer
• Project of 2 X 4MW IC Engine Power Plant (Diesel) was awarded to Wartisilla.
• Planned and scheduled the Fabrication / Installation / Erection / Commissioning schedule.
• Planed and scheduled the fabrication / installation and erection of power plant modules like Fuel heating / Centrifuging / Water treatment plant / Cooling tower skid/ dry air module / instrument air skid / boiler module.
• Coordinated to solve Issues regarding planning / execution/ Material Procurement and presented project progress in Meetings
• Coordination with the commissioners, Consultants and Contractors, for Pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup Plant utilities and Power Plant.
Jun1990 – May 1996 GSK Beecham Pakistan Utilities / Project Engineer
• Operation and Maintenance of Plant utilities
• Maintenance of Utilities (Pumps , Air Compressors, Demineralized plant, Boilers, Heat Exchangers, Chillers, Plant equipment(AW Units, AH Units, Air Manifolds, Air motors), Production Vessels,
• Developing and implemented the routine Maintenance Schedule
• Daily Morning meetings with Production
• Follow up of the Daily jobs / breakdown Maintenance
Membership / Appreciation/Courses
• Life Member of Pakistan Engineering Council
• Appreciation Letter from Wasilla diesel
• Project Management Training KBR Edmonton
• Project Planning Primavera 6 Training KBR Edmonton
• Advanced Primavera Training CPM Solutions Edmonton Canada
• Education:
1990 BS Mech. Engineering : University of Engineering & Technology Lahore
2001 Post Grad. Information Technology: DeVry University USA. Toronto Campus
